It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many read more

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.

I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for read more

I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is read more

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body

A house is a machine for living in.

A house is a machine for living in.

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, read more

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, read more

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and read more

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children read more

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.